>How much of your progress do you attribute to your psychological advice and mindset? In my opinion, the psychological triggers and reactions are not the issue, rather using these triggers/reactions as a reason or excuse to stop moving speech muscles (causing a block) is the main issue. For example, yes indeed, it may be annoying that we anticipate stuttering, that we are bothered by stuttering, that we panic from negative listeners responses and other triggers. But, ask yourself, **are human beings and people who stutter (PWS) able to move muscles with fear**? Answer: Yes of course, we can move speech muscles while experiencing fear, anticipation or other triggers. So technically speaking 'triggers' and 'reactions to triggers' are not what leads to the halting of speech muscles during a speech block. Let's look at it in another way, a boy who is 6 years old just now finishes kindergarten and now enters elementary school. However, there is a big bully in his class, so the boy experiences fear and anticipations. Question: **can this boy still go to class, regardless of experiencing fear and anticipation**? Answer: yes. In other words, the trigger or reaction is not the problem. Question: **What unhelpful attitude could lead to not going to class**? Answer: If this boy adopts an unhelpful attitude of 'blaming' triggers/reactions (like feeling fear of the bully in class), then he might not go to class. The formula is then: '**IF** triggers/reaction, **THEN** I stop a certain action.' This is a conditional expression. In other words, as long as this boy (or people who stutter) don't have the unhelpful **condition**/attitude: "I blame triggers/reactions to stop going to class (or stop moving speech muscles)", then the boy will go to class and a PWS will move speech muscles. Question: Do you agree with this hypothesis? This hypothesis suggests that we don't block, if we **don't apply this conditional expression**, even if we experience triggers or reactions. Therefore, I recommend: if you do a speech block, then: * notice or really experience the triggers and reaction (without reducing it), (with the goal of telling your instinct that it's not dangerous and building tolerance) and * interrupt 'blaming' (these triggers and reactions to stop moving speech muscles)